Catalan News

Amnesty International again calls for release of activists jailed in Catalan Trial

Amnesty International have again called for the release of Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart, the two pro-independence activists who were jailed for their roles in the 2017 independence push. The organization …

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The Catalan pro-independence movement mobilizes against a new Spanish wave of repression

Over 100 demonstrations took place across Catalonia as thousands of Catalans took to the streets under the motto “Enough repression: independence!”. 21 activists and representatives of Catalonia’s pro-independence movement were …

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The Lancet’s Richard Horton: “Spain’s response to Covid has been catastrophic”

Richard Horton is editor of The Lancet, the world’s leading medical journal. In January this year, it was the first to publish papers warning of the threat of a pandemic caused by …

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The Catalan National Assembly Calls on the European Commission to Protect the Rights of the Catalan Minority

The president of the Catalan National Assembly, Elisenda Paluzie, has called on the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to include the inputs of 14 Catalan institutions …

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Spain’s king and prime minister visit Barcelona amid protest

A few thousand Catalan separatists protested Friday against a visit by Spanish King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to Barcelona amid continued tensions between the restive region and …

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The Catalan National Assembly organizes an international digital debate on the 80th anniversary of President Companys’ assassination

The Catalan National Assembly will organize the debate “80 years since the assassination of Catalan President Lluís Companys” on October 16th at 19h CET, in the framework of the Spanish …

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Statement by the Catalan National Assembly in relation to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh

On September 27th, Azerbaijan’s armed forces, backed by Turkey, launched a military offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh or the Artsakh Republic in the South Caucasus region, violating the ceasefire and endangering the …

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Catalan News

EU parliament protesters unfurl banner that saw Catalan president banned from office

Fifteen MEPs gathered in front of the European Parliament to unfurl a banner in support of the jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders, the same one that saw the ousted Catalan president Quim Torra …

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International human rights NGO launches a campaign calling on the German Bundestag to denounce Spanish repression against Catalonia

The NGO Society for Threatened Peoples, focused on defending the rights of national minorities, demands to the Spanish Kingdom to follow the recommendations of the United Nations Working Group on …

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Spanish Supreme court ousts Catalan President Quim Torra for freedom of speech banner

The case goes beyond the purview of Spain’s Electoral Commission and is the umpteenth attempt by the Spanish authorities to suppress the Catalan national minority Spain’s Supreme Court has confirmed …

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